The temperature on August 16, 1934 was between 11.7 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
Day of death January 12, 1959
The temperature on January 12, 1959 was between -0.8 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
February 17 » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
July 24 » At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
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